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US9379596B2
US9379596B2 US13/859,144 US201313859144A US9379596B2 US 9379596 B2 US9379596 B2 US 9379596B2 US 201313859144 A US201313859144 A US 201313859144A US 9379596 B2 US9379596 B2 US 9379596B2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K9/00—Arrangements for cooling or ventilating
    • H02K9/28—Cooling of commutators, slip-rings or brushes e.g. by ventilating
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D34/00—Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters
    • A01D34/835—Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters specially adapted for particular purposes
    • A01D34/90—Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters specially adapted for particular purposes for carrying by the operator
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K7/00—Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
    • H02K7/14—Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans
    • H02K7/145—Hand-held machine tool
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K9/00—Arrangements for cooling or ventilating
    • H02K9/02—Arrangements for cooling or ventilating by ambient air flowing through the machine
    • H02K9/04—Arrangements for cooling or ventilating by ambient air flowing through the machine having means for generating a flow of cooling medium
    • H02K9/06—Arrangements for cooling or ventilating by ambient air flowing through the machine having means for generating a flow of cooling medium with fans or impellers driven by the machine shaft

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  • gearwheels having additives for example Teflon, which effect good lubrication.
  • gearwheels of this type are comparatively expensive.
  • the work apparatus of the invention includes: a work tool; a transmission; an electric drive motor for rotatably driving the work tool via the transmission; a motor housing defining a flow path for conducting a cooling airflow therealong; the drive motor being mounted in the motor housing and having a coil and a commutator assembly including a commutator and brushes; a fan wheel driven by the drive motor and the fan wheel being configured to move the cooling airflow over the coil and the commutator assembly during operation; the motor housing having an exit opening for passing the cooling airflow out from the motor housing; the exit opening being arranged in the flow path downstream of the commutator assembly; a transmission housing; the motor housing having an end facing toward the transmission housing and the motor housing being configured to be closed off at the end thereof; a flow connection connecting the motor housing to the transmission housing and configured to conduct at least a portion of the cooling airflow into the transmission housing; and, the transmission being arranged in the cooling airflow through the transmission housing.
  • start-up lubrication of the transmission that is, to provide initial filling of the transmission with a specified amount of grease. Since lubrication of the transmission via the carbon dust or graphite dust from the brushes is ensured only after a particular operating time, the grease filling introduced into the transmission bridges the operating period between the first starting up of a new work apparatus and the necessary operating time, after which lubrication is ensured solely by the carbon dust or graphite dust from the brushes. In this case, the grease located in the transmission ensures that the carbon dust or graphite dust is bound, thereby improving the retention of the carbon dust or graphite dust in the transmission.
  • the initial grease filling thus ensures not only initial lubrication of the transmission, but also binds the carbon dust or graphite dust entrained in the air flow, and as a result improved lubrication is also achieved over the long term.
  • the motor housing is formed in a manner closed toward the transmission housing on that end side that faces the transmission housing, it is possible at the same time to prevent contaminants from the region of the work tool and the transmission from being able to pass back toward the drive motor. As a result, the motor housing having the drive motor is also prevented from liquid ingress.
  • the motor housing is closed in a sealed manner with respect to the transmission housing on that end side that faces the transmission housing, and as a result the drive motor is protected against liquid ingress even when the work apparatus with its transmission is dipped into liquid, for example water.
  • the cooling air flow first flows past the coil and subsequently past the commutator.
  • This avoids carbon dust being able to be transported by the air flow to the coil and to the rotor of the drive motor.
  • the air flow in this case flows advantageously from the coil to the commutator in a first flow direction and flows in the flow connection in a second flow direction opposite to the first flow direction.
  • effective cooling of the drive motor is achieved. Heat can be dissipated effectively both from the motor housing and from the flow connection via the cooling air.
  • the penetration of contaminants from the transmission housing into the motor housing is further hindered by the deflection of the cooling air.
  • the exit opening is sir ranged advantageously as far away as possible from that end side of the motor housing that faces the transmission housing.
  • the drive motor defines a first imaginary plane which extends perpendicularly to the rotation axis of the drive motor on that side of the commutator that faces the drive housing.
  • the exit opening is arranged advantageously on that side of the first imaginary plane that is remote from the transmission housing. Accordingly, the cooling air flows into the flow connection above that side of the commutator that faces the transmission housing with respect to the usual working position of the work apparatus.
  • the drive motor advantageously has a second imaginary plane which extends perpendicularly to the rotation axis of the drive motor on that side of the commutator that is remote from the transmission housing.
  • the exit opening is arranged in particular on that side of the second imaginary plane that is remote from the transmission housing, that is, above that side of the commutator that is remote from the transmission housing. This advantageously ensures that the cooling air flows completely through the region of the commutator and carbon dust is picked up well by the cooling air flow and transported away to the transmission.
  • the flow connection of the motor housing with the transmission housing is advantageously a connecting duct.
  • the average length of the connecting duct is advantageously at least about 5 cm, in particular at least about 10 cm.
  • the connecting duct is accordingly not just in the form of an opening but has a comparatively long length. As a result, it is possible to effectively prevent the passage of contaminants from the transmission housing into the motor housing.
  • the length of the connecting duct is advantageously less than about 25 cm. This ensures that the flow resistance because of the long duct length does not become excessively great.
  • An average length of the connecting duct of about 12 cm has been found to be particularly advantageous.
  • the transmission is arranged on that side of the coil that, is remote from the commutator. This results in an advantageous arrangement of the drive motor and an advantageous flow direction of the air flow at the drive motor and in the flow connection to the transmission housing.
  • the transmission has at least two gearwheels that are in engagement with one another and the teeth of which consist of plastics material.
  • gearwheels made of plastics material lubrication by way of the carbon dust from the brushes of the commutator is particularly advantageous.
  • the gearwheels consist advantageously entirely of plastics material in order to achieve a low weight of the work apparatus.
  • the gearwheels it is also possible to provide for the gearwheels to have a main body made of metal or some other material and only for the teeth to consist of plastics material. An advantageous arrangement is realized when the impeller wheel and transmission are arranged on opposite sides of the drive motor.
  • the impeller wheel is arranged advantageously next to the exit opening. In this way, targeted air guidance can be easily achieved. At the same time, an advantageous arrangement of the impeller wheel is realised.
  • the impeller wheel is arranged in particular at least partially in the connecting duct.
  • the impeller wheel is arranged downstream of the exit opening, in particular entirely in the connecting duct.
  • the work apparatus has a housing which is formed from at least two shells, wherein the motor housing, the transmission housing and the flow connection are formed by the two shells.
  • the housing is in this case in particular a plastics injection-molded part. This produces a simple structure. In order to form the transmission housing, the motor housing and the flow connection, essentially only two shells are required.
  • the cooling air flow passes into the motor housing through at least one inlet opening and leaves the transmission housing through at least one outlet opening, wherein the outlet opening is formed between the rotationally driven tool and the transmission housing.
  • a second impeller wheel is arranged on that side of the tool that faces the transmission housing.
  • the second impeller wheel brings about particularly effective conveyance of the cooling air flow.
  • the second impeller wheel can furthermore seal off the motor housing such that, in the case of a quickly rotating tool, there is only a small free gap between the motor housing and the tool. This prevents contaminants, in particular cut matter, from being able to pass into the motor housing.
  • a sufficiently large outlet cross section for the cooling air is achieved via the impeller wheel.
  • the cooling air blown out between the transmission housing and the tool also has the effect of blowing away dirt from the transmission housing.
  • the work apparatus has a shaft which connects the motor housing to a handle housing.
  • cooling air is drawn into the motor housing via the shaft.
  • the handle housing advantageously has at least one air inlet opening for cooling air.
  • the shaft is held displaceably in the handle housing.
  • the length of the shaft can be adapted to the size of the user.
  • a locking device is advantageously provided. A simple structure is realised when the locking device interacts with at least one shaft opening.
  • a spiral cable as the electrical connecting line, in order to easily allow length compensation when the length of the work apparatus is adjusted.
  • a spiral cable noticeably reduces the shaft free cross section, over which the cooling air flows.
  • a spiral cable considerably increases the weight of the work apparatus.
  • the electrical connecting line In order not to substantially influence the free flow cross section, it is provided for the electrical connecting line to extend in at least one loop at that end of the shaft that projects into the handle housing in the fully pushed-together position of shaft and handle housing. When the shaft is pulled out of the handle housing, length compensation can easily be achieved as a result, without a spiral cable having to be used.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a brush cutter
  • FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section through the brush cutter of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of detail III of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view through the motor housing of the brush cutter.
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the upper region of the motor housing.
  • FIG. 1 shows a portable, handheld work apparatus, specifically a brush cutter 1 , as an exemplary embodiment of a work apparatus.
  • the brush cutter 1 has a handle housing 7 on which a rear handle 2 is arranged.
  • the handle housing 7 is composed, as a plastics injection-molded part, from two shells which also form the rear handle 2 .
  • a throttle lever 3 and a throttle lever lock 4 are pivotably mounted on the rear handle 2 .
  • An electrical connection cable 5 projects out of the handle housing 7 , a connecting plug 17 being provided at the end of the cable 5 .
  • a feedthrough 54 Formed on the handle housing 7 is a feedthrough 54 , which is part of a strain relief device which will be described in more detail hereinafter.
  • the handle housing 7 On its side that is directed downward in operation, the handle housing 7 has a multiplicity of air inlet openings 55 .
  • a bow-type handle 6 is pivotably mounted on the handle housing 7 in a lower region facing a shaft 9 .
  • an actuating button 8 Provided next to the mounting point of the bow-type handle 6 is an actuating button 8 for unlocking the position of the shaft 9 .
  • FIG. 1 shows the brush cutter 1 in its fully pushed-together position, that is, in the position in which the handle housing 7 is at its shortest distance from a housing 11 arranged at the other end of the shaft 9 .
  • the shaft 9 can be pulled out of the handle housing 7 in the direction of the arrow 10 and, as a result, the length of the brush cutter 1 can be increased or, when the shaft 9 is pushed into the handle housing 7 , reduced.
  • the length of the brush cutter 1 can be adapted to the size of an operator.
  • a holding connection piece 57 on which the housing 11 is mounted via a pivot joint 15 Fixed to the shaft 9 at the end remote from the handle housing 7 is a holding connection piece 57 on which the housing 11 is mounted via a pivot joint 15 .
  • the pivot joint 15 can be released via an actuating lever 16 . As a result, the rotary position of the housing 11 on the shaft 9 can be changed.
  • the housing 11 comprises two shells 52 and 53 , which are formed as plastics injection-molded parts in the embodiment shown.
  • the housing 11 can also be referred to as the apparatus housing.
  • the two half shells 52 and 53 can conjointly form the motor housing 35 , the transmission housing 70 , and a flow connection, which can be configured as a connecting channel or duct 58 .
  • Mounted on the housing 11 is a pivotable protective bow 14 which can be flipped forward and downward from the position shown in FIG. 1 in order to protect the cutting filament (not shown in FIG. 1 ) that acts as a tool in operation.
  • a guard 12 Arranged on the housing 11 on the side facing the operator is a guard 12 which covers the cutting filament (not shown in FIG. 1 ) in a conventional manner.
  • a mowing head 13 is rotatably mounted on the housing 11 .
  • the shaft 9 has a first, upper end 22 , which projects into the handle housing 7 , and a second, lower end 23 , which is fixed in the holding connection piece 57 .
  • the holding connection piece 57 is connected via an inlet opening 56 to the interior of the housing 11 , specifically with a motor housing 35 arranged in the housing 11 .
  • a drive motor 24 Arranged in the motor housing 35 is a drive motor 24 , on the top end of which there is arranged an impeller wheel 25 for conveying a cooling air flow for the drive motor 24 .
  • control device 64 which connects the connection cable 5 to an electrical connecting line 19 guided through the shaft 9 .
  • the control device 64 may be a simple electrical switch, on which the throttle lever 3 acts. However, the control device 64 may also be a microprocessor-based controller or some other type of controller which controls the supply of electrical energy to the drive motor 24 and thus the rotational speed of the drive motor 24 .
  • connection cable 5 is connected via the connecting plug 17 to an electrical cable.
  • a strain relief device which is formed by the feedthrough 54 and a receptacle 18 formed, on the handle housing 7 .
  • the electrical connection cable 5 is inserted as a loop through the feedthrough 54 and is hooked into the receptacle 18 so that tensile forces on the electrical cable are absorbed substantially by the receptacle 18 and do not act on the plug-in connection of the electrical cable to the connecting plug 17 .
  • the air inlet openings 55 are arranged next to the outer circumference of the shaft 9 .
  • the shaft 9 On its outer circumference, the shaft 9 has shaft openings 27 , which are in the form of circular openings in the exemplary embodiment.
  • shaft openings 27 which are in the form of circular openings in the exemplary embodiment.
  • Four longitudinally extending rows of shaft openings 27 which are distributed at an equal spacing on the circumference of the shaft 9 , are provided. Via the shaft openings 27 , air which has been drawn into the interior of the handle housing 7 via the air inlet openings 55 passes into the shaft 9 .
  • the shaft openings 27 extend only over that region of the shaft 9 which is arranged entirely in the handle housing 7 in every provided position of the shaft 9 , and so the shaft openings 27 are not arranged outside the handle housing 7 in any position of the shaft 9 and it is scarcely possible for contaminants to pass into the interior of the shaft 9 via the shaft openings 27 .
  • FIG. 3 shows, at the first end 22 of the shaft 9 there is arranged a guide 21 , by way of which, the connecting line 19 is guided into the shaft 9 . Since the cooling air is drawn in not only via the end side of the shaft 9 , but predominantly via the shaft openings 27 distributed on the circumference, the guide 21 can largely or completely close the end side of the shaft 9 at the first end 22 .
  • the connecting line 19 is guided in a loop 63 on the outside of the shaft 9 next to the first end 22 of the shaft 9 .
  • the connecting line 19 is first of all guided into a region next to the shaft 9 , that is, past the first end 22 of the shaft.
  • a holder 20 Arranged on the handle housing 7 is a holder 20 which holds the connecting line 19 in the region next to the shaft 9 .
  • the connecting line 19 extends from the holder 20 back to the first end 22 and is guided there by the guide 21 into the interior of the shaft 9 . If the shaft 9 is pulled out of the handle housing 7 in the direction of the arrow 10 ( FIG. 2 ), the guide 21 moves in relation to the holder 20 until the connecting line 19 extends largely in a straight line in the completely pulled-out position of the shaft 9 . Because the connecting line 19 is guided in a loop 63 , resulting in an approximately S-shaped course of the connecting line 19 , length compensation for the connecting line 19 can be easily provided.
  • the actuating button 8 can be pressed in an actuating direction 30 into the handle housing 7 .
  • the actuating button 8 is formed in one piece with a guide 28 which is arranged on that side of the shaft 9 that is opposite the actuating button, and also with a locking pin 29 which is likewise arranged opposite the actuating button.
  • the locking pin 29 projects into a shaft opening 27 and as a result locks the shaft 9 in its position.
  • the locking pin 29 thus forms a locking device 62 for the shaft 9 .
  • the spacings, formed in the longitudinal direction of the shaft 9 , between the shaft openings 27 determine the steps in which the length of the brush cutter 1 can be changed.
  • the drive motor 24 has a driveshaft 71 which projects out of the motor housing 35 on a first end side 65 of the motor housing 35 and on a second, opposite end side 66 .
  • the exit opening 46 is arranged on the end side 66 .
  • the motor housing 35 is formed in a closed manner, in particular in a substantially liquid-tight, and airtight manner.
  • the first end side 65 is arranged beneath the second end side 66 .
  • the end sides 65 and 66 are in this case those sides of the motor housing 35 that extend approximately perpendicularly to a rotation axis 69 of the driveshaft 71 of the drive motor 24 .
  • FIG. 4 shows the cooling air guide through the housing 11 in detail.
  • the cooling air flows into the holding connection piece 57 through the second end 23 of the shaft 9 ( FIG. 2 ), which is not shown in FIG. 4 , and into the housing 11 through the inlet opening 56 via the pivot joint 15 .
  • the air flows out of the shaft 9 ( FIG. 2 ) and into the pivot joint 15 in a flow direction 36 in the region of the pivot joint 15 .
  • the cooling air passes into the motor housing 35 , where it is deflected in the direction of the arrow 37 , specifically upwardly in the usual working position, shown in FIG. 4 , of the brush cutter 1 .
  • the cooling air flows past the drive motor 24 in a first flow direction 59 .
  • the first flow direction 59 is approximately parallel to the rotation axis 69 of the driveshaft 71 of the drive motor 24 .
  • the cooling air leaves the motor housing 35 next to the drive motor 24 at an exit opening 46 , where the cooling air passes into a connecting duct 58 .
  • the cooling air flow flows at least partially, in particular largely completely via the exit opening 46 into the connecting duct 58 .
  • the connecting duct 58 connects the motor housing 35 to a transmission housing 70 , in which the transmission 26 is arranged.
  • the impeller wheel 25 is arranged immediately next to the exit opening 46 and to the end side 66 of the motor housing 35 .
  • the cooling air is deflected in the direction of the arrow 38 and flows along the outer side of the motor housing 35 in a second flow direction 60 which is opposite to the flow direction 59 in the motor housing 35 .
  • the connecting duct 58 has, from the exit opening 46 to the transmission housing 70 , an average length L which is at least about 5 cm.
  • the average length is at least about 10 cm.
  • the average length L is advantageously less than about 25 cm.
  • the average length L of about 12 cm that is provided in the exemplary embodiment has been found to be particularly advantageous.
  • the average length L is measured up to the entry into the transmission housing 70 , that is, up to the point at which the flow cross section of the connecting duct 58 abruptly increases and the connecting duct 58 opens into the interior of the transmission housing 70 .
  • the average length L is the connecting line of the central points of all of the flow cross sections of the connecting duct 58 that are oriented perpendicularly to the flow direction.
  • a drive pinion 47 which is driven by the drive motor 24 and is advantageously connected to the driveshaft 71 of the drive motor 24 so as to rotate therewith.
  • the drive pinion 47 is the input gearwheel for the transmission 26 .
  • the transmission housing 70 is arranged next to the end side 65 of the motor housing 35 .
  • the wall, arranged on the end side 65 , of the motor housing 35 simultaneously bounds the transmission housing 70 and partitions the interior of the motor housing 35 from the interior of the transmission housing 70 .
  • the drive pinion 47 meshes with an output wheel 48 which is likewise part of the transmission 26 .
  • the drive pinion 47 and the output wheel 48 have teeth made of plastics material.
  • the drive pinion 47 and the output wheel 48 are made entirely from plastics material.
  • the output wheel 48 is mounted in the housing 11 by way of bearings 50 , which are advantageously in the form of antifriction bearings.
  • the cooling air flows past the transmission 26 in the direction of arrows 39 .
  • the cooling air flows substantially past the output wheel 48 .
  • the output wheel 48 is connected to the mowing head 13 so as to rotate therewith and drives the latter in rotation.
  • a second impeller wheel 51 is arranged on the mowing head 13 , the second impeller wheel 51 being formed in one piece with the mowing head 13 in the embodiment shown.
  • the second impeller wheel 51 is arranged at the outlet opening 61 from the housing 11 .
  • the cooling air flows out of the housing 11 along the arrows 40 through the outlet opening 61 .
  • the mowing head 13 carries two outwardly projecting cutting filaments 31 .
  • the housing 11 is pivotable about a pivot axis 34 with respect to the holding connection piece 57 and thus also with respect to the shaft 9 .
  • the actuating lever 16 which is spring-mounted by a spring 33 in the direction of its locking position, in which the pivot joint 15 is fixed.
  • the actuating lever 16 acts on pins 32 which interact with depressions (not shown) on the holding connection piece 57 and thus fix the pivot joint 15 in its position.
  • Two pins 32 which are formed in one piece with the actuating lever 16 , are provided in the embodiment shown.
  • the drive motor 24 is an electric motor which has a commutator 41 .
  • the commutator 41 has the brushes 42 , shown in FIG. 5 , which are in the form of carbon brushes and advantageously consist substantially of graphite. In operation, carbon dust is created at the brushes 42 .
  • the drive motor 24 has coils 49 .
  • the coils 49 are connected to the driveshaft 71 so as to rotate therewith and form part of a rotor 43 .
  • the cooling air flow flows, as FIG. 4 shows, first of all past the coils 49 and subsequently past the commutator 41 . Accordingly the commutator 41 is arranged downstream of the coils 49 in the cooling air flow.
  • the cooling air flow flows out of the motor housing 35 through the exit opening 46 and then conveys the carbon dust created at the brushes 42 to the transmission 26 via the impeller wheel 25 .
  • the carbon dust is used to lubricate the drive pinion 47 and the output wheel 48 of the transmission 26 .
  • the transmission 26 In order to ensure sufficient lubrication of the transmission 26 during first operation immediately after the brush cutter 1 has been produced, it may be practical to provide a quantity of grease 90 as start-up lubrication, for example to provide initial filling of the transmission 26 with a specified amount of grease 90 .
  • the grease located in the transmission 26 also binds the carbon dust or graphite dust, thereby improving the retention of the carbon dust or graphite dust in the transmission 26 .
  • the initial grease filling 90 thus ensures not only initial lubrication of the transmission 26 , but also binds the carbon dust or graphite dust entrained in the air flow, and as a result improved lubrication of the transmission 26 is also achieved in the long term.
  • the exit opening 46 is arranged at a spacing which is as large as possible from the end side 65 .
  • the drive motor 24 has a first imaginary plane 67 , which is arranged on that side of the commutator 41 that faces the transmission 26 and extends perpendicularly to the rotation axis 69 , and a second imaginary plane, which extends perpendicularly to the rotation axis 69 on that side of the commutator 41 that is remote from the transmission 26 .
  • the exit opening 46 is arranged advantageously on that side of the first imaginary plane 67 that is remote from the transmission 26 , in particular on that side of the second imaginary plane 68 that is remote from the transmission 26 .
  • the cooling air flow flows at least through a section of the commutator 41 , in particular through the entire commutator 41 .
  • the cooling air flow flows first past the coils 49 and subsequently past the commutator 41 .
  • the cooling air flow directed from the coils 49 to the commutator 41 prevents carbon dust from being able to reach the coils 49 .
  • the drive motor 24 has two connection terminals 45 , to which the connecting line 19 is connected.
  • the internal rotor 43 of the drive motor 24 is mounted in a stator 44 . In operation, the rotor 43 rotates with respect to the brushes 42 and as a result creates the carbon dust.

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